The Federal Government has emphasised the importance of states committing 10 per cent counterpart funding to qualify for participation in the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, stated this during the opening session of the 8th RAAMP Implementation Support Mission held in Abuja…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian music sensation Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, on winning the Best African Music Performance award at the 67th annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles on Sunday night. A statement issued on Monday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), stated that on behalf…
President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected Monday assertions by Donald Trump that South Africa was “confiscating” land and said he was ready to explain his government’s land reform policy to his US counterpart. Trump’s comments appeared to be referring to a land expropriation act signed by Ramaphosa last month which stipulates the government may, in certain circumstances,…
Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has resumed office as the National Secretary of People Democratic Party, PDP, amid the controversy aroud the party’s national leadership. The publicity secretary of the party, Imo State Chapter, Lancelot Obiaku informed that Anyanwu, upon resumption took a cursory inspection of the complex before fielding questions from reporters who besieged his…
Suspected herdsmen on Sunday attacked the Amegu Nkalaha Community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, killing an unknown number of people and burning numerous houses. The Ebonyi State Police Command spokesperson, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the attack to Channels Television, stating that police have deployed operatives to the area. While confirming the…
Afrobeats singer Tems has scored her second golden gramophone at the Grammys with a win in the Best African Music Performance category. At the 67th Recording Academy Awards, the singer bested a mainly Afrobeats nominated category with only Chris Brown as the non-Afrobeats singer with her love track Love Me Jeje. She wards off stiff opposition…
No fewer than 30 passengers lost their lives in a road crash that occurred on Saturday evening at Mile 49, along the Lagos-Ore Motorway near Ore, in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Samuel Ibitoye, confirmed the incident to our…
The Federal Government says Nigerians should brace up for fresh electricity tariffs in months. According to Bloomberg, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Energy, Olu Verheijen, said this in an interview in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Verheijen was in Tanzania attending a World Bank-backed conference where Nigeria presented a $32 billion plan to boost electricity…
